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CONFIDENTIAL
2 APR 1993
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INDEX
PA
REGISTRY Action Taken
From:
Sir John Coles
Date:
26 March 1993
CC:
Mr Hum
PS/Mr Goodlad Goodlad
Private Secretary
HONG KONG: LORD YOUNG
Mr Ricketts, HKD
Mr Davies, FED
1.
Redy at (80
Lord Young rang me yesterday evening to say that
he and Lord Sharp had had dinner with the Chinese
Ambassador on Wednesday 24 March. Ma had been at great pains to impress on them that China wanted talks with
Britain. He said that our talks about talks had broken
down over the smallest details. His other main point,
reiterated with emphasis, was that we were not now in the
year 1842:
on China.
Britain should not attempt to impose deadlines
2.
Lord Young told me he would be very willing to
visit China and carry any message that the Government
wished to give him. There was a new Telecommunications
Minister in Peking which would provide a plausible pretext
for a visit. He could leave at any time. I said that we
were grateful for the offer. I would consult and would be in touch with him.
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